Most of these special enemies are worth varying amounts of bonus points when destroyed. Galaga '88 introduces a variety of new enemies and behaviors. However, refraining completely from touching any controls for the duration of a Challenging Stage awards a "secret bonus" ranging in value from 10000 to 25000 points, and equal to the "special bonus" which would have been awarded for destroying all forty enemy aliens instead. As in Galaga, the objective is to destroy all forty enemies before they fly away off the screen. In any given Challenging Stage, both the design of the enemies and their dancing formations shall vary according to the player's current Dimension. There are six such stages to engage in any full game, and each begins with the on-screen announcement "That's Galactic Dancin'!" and has its own YM2151-generated song to which the enemy formations dance. With the exception of the third and eighth, each World culminates in a Cha Cha Stage. The starship Galaga accelerates between Stages and Worlds and even to higher dimensions. The game is divided into a series of 2 Stages distributed through eight Worlds. The gameplay in Galaga '88 is built on the same premise as that of the original Galaga game, but is in many ways more complex and more difficult. Additionally, mines similar to those used in Bosconian are used as obliterable "obstacles" in these stages. The backgrounds for Stages 15â€"17 (the fourth block of stages) consist of the green hexagonal space stations first seen in the 1981 Namco game Bosconian. First ported on the NEC PC Engine, it was later released on the North American TurboGrafx-16 under the name Galaga '90 and the Sega Game Gear in Japan under the name of Galaga '91, and in Europe under the name of Galaga 2. The game runs on Namco System 1 hardware. Although it was well received, fewer cabinets of this game were produced than of Galaga and Gaplus. It features significantly improved graphics over the previous games in the series, including detailed backgrounds, larger enemies and greater ship details. It is the third sequel for Galaxian (following Galaga, and Gaplus). Galaga '88 is a 1987 fixed shooter arcade game by Namco.
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